Clothes-rack



T R A H N R .A B .L D.

CLOTHES-RAGE.

lPatented Aug. 14, 1888.

Wmme/aa UNTTED STATES PATENT @Erica DANIEL K. BABNHART, OF GAINES, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTH ES-RAC K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,758, dated August 14, 1888.

Application filed April 5, 1887. Serial No. 233,764. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I. DANIEL K. BARNHART, acitizen ofthe UnitedStates,residingat Gaines, iu the county of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Racks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, makinga part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l ot' the drawings is a perspective view of my improved clothesraek, and Fig. 2 a detail View of the rear portion of the standard at the top thereof.

The present invention has for its object to provide a simple and effective clothes-rack adapted to be attached to the wall of al room; and it consists in the details of construction substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings, A represents a standard or rectangular frame adapted to he attached to the wall or other support, and is provided upon its inner sides with grooves a.

B is a bracket, having radial arms C for hanging clothes or other articles thereon. The bracket B is secured to the upper end of a block, c, the lower end of the block having connected to ita pocket, D, for receivingironholders and other articles used in the laundry, said pocket being detachably connected to the block C by means of the nut ci and screw e, and has connected to it laterally-extending arms E.

The bracket B is formed with a segmental rim, f, which is provided with slots to form seats for the radial arms C, and the inner extreinity of each arm has an upwardly-extending pin, g, which enters a hole in a capvplate, F, connected to the upper side of the bracket, whereby he arms are held stationary and in the proper relativeposition to each other. The

block c has connected to it one end of a rope or cord, h, said rope passing over a grooved pulley, 1'., journaled in the side ofthe upright standard or frame A, near the top thereof, thereby enabling the block, with its connec tions, to be raised or lowered, as required, being guided by the tongues b, formed either on the bracket orthe block, workingin the grooves a, as shown.

To the lower end of the standard or frame A is suitably pivoted a transverse har, G, having connected to it a series of arms, H, and when not required for use the bar, with its arms, may be swung back out of the way.

When not required for use, the arms Ciney be detached from the bracket B and laid away, and the arms E are adapted to receive any small articles, such as handkerehiefs.

If preferred, a spring-roller may be employed for drawing up the block c, with its attachments, in place of the cord h and pulley Vheu the arms C and E are supplied with clothes, they are elevated to the ceiling by the means hereinbei'ore described.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the standard provided with grooves a., of the block guided in said grooves, the bracket B, carried hy said block, the segmental radially-slotted rimf on the upper face of said bracket, the radial arms C, seated in the slots of said rim, the upwardlyextending pinsg on said arms, and the capplate F, having holes receiving said pins, all substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL E. BARSHART.

TWitnesses:

W. R. FURimN, C. G. Fuer-IAN. 

